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Meanings of das opium des volkes in English

Russian
опиум для народа
Portuguese
a religião é o ópio do povo
Spanish
la religion es el opio del pueblo
Catalan
opi del poble

Karl Marx's description of religion: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.

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        Examples for "opium of the people"
        Examples for "opium of the people"
        1
        Religion is not the opium of the people but their downfall.
        How the soldier repairs the gramophone
        2
        The idea of God has frequently been used as the opium of the people.
        A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
        3
        Religion, Karl Marx declared, is the opium of the people.
        Brave new world revisited
        4
        Football is still the opium of the people.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Perhaps religion is not the opium of the people, but philosophy is the opium of the politicians.
        Gilbert Keith Chesterton